Topic: Initiating cold storage transaction from compromised computer (Read 586 times)

Carlton Banks

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Quote from: Moscow999 on May 28, 2015, 12:49:14 PM

Is there a precedent for malware that can tamper with unsigned transactions and alter addresses or amounts?

Don't be that precedent. Reinstall OS on the online machine, and only after that, format all other storage devices.

edit: and obviously don't forget your backup wallet/s. restore from paper would be my choice in this situation, providing you have paper backups

Moscow999

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A non-tech-savvy member of my family has done something to compromise one of my computers. It was completely inundated with malware and viruses. I ran several scans from different anti-virus clients, including boot-time scans, which seemed to catch many of the worst cases of malware.

My bitcoin private keys are in cold storage using Armory on a device which has never been attached to a network. My question is, should it be safe to initiate a transaction from the compromised computer using the Armory client, to be signed later on the Armory cold storage device, or should I wait until after I have reinstalled the operating system on the first computer? Is there a precedent for malware that can tamper with unsigned transactions and alter addresses or amounts?

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